Cybersecurity
How CrowdStrike caused a global IT meltdown and what comes next
Last week, the world faced what was likely the biggest IT failure in history. When some people around the world logged onto their laptops on Friday, they were greeted with a blue error screen on their Microsoft Windows operating system. But this was not a Microsoft issue. It was all to do with a U.S. […]
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Republican representatives call on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify
Passengers seen waiting after a major disruption in Microsoft Corp.’s cloud services caused widespread flight cancellations and delays at T3 IGI Airport in New Delhi, India, on July 19, 2024. Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Republican representatives on Monday called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify in front of the House Committee […]
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Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
A general view from Changi Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Singapore. Zakaria Zainal | Anadolu | Getty Images As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions […]
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Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
The blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty Images A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity […]
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The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making
When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “In […]
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The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem
The frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. That’s not unusual or unexpected as companies spend heavily on cyber defense in an asymmetric war against hackers who can string together a few lines of code and wreak havoc. But the largest IT outage ever on Friday, resulting from a CrowdStrike software bug […]
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CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
A general view from Dusseldorf Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Hesham Elsherif | Anadolu | Getty Images Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, […]
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Stock exchanges operating normally, issue with FTSE Russell indexes resolved amid global outage
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 3, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A massive IT outage that is causing unprecedented global disruptions isn’t holding up business as usual in most parts of the financial markets, though one index provider did experience complications. Officials at both the New […]
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Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike suffers major outage affecting businesses around the world
In this photo illustration, CrowdStrike logo of a U.S. cybersecurity technology company is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally. The outage resulted from an issue with the […]
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Socialist AI: Chinese regulators are reviewing GenAI models for ‘core socialist values,’ FT reports
Digital code and Chinese flag representing cybersecurity in China. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images AI companies in China are undergoing a government review of their large language models, aimed at ensuring they “embody core socialist values,” according to a report by the Financial Times. The review is being carried out by the Cyberspace Administration […]
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